Seixas Wins Wimbledon Title; Snead Advances in PGA Play fining fsfaf ppof Is Nielsen Beaten Douglas Defeats Washington, D. C., Friday, July 3, 1953—, A-8*** In Straight Sets Worsham in Win, Lose or Draw Before 16,000 20-Hole Match By FRANCIS ST ANN Philadelphian Sixth ADVERSITY RARELY VISITS the Yankees, but it is not Turnesa and Palmer a complete stranger, either. Once, in 1913, they lost 13 in a American Victor in Also Having Trouble row and finished seventh to the Athletics. But the worst season in Yankee history was 1908. They didn’t lose 13 Last Seven Tourneys In Opening Round straight, but in June the Yankees were By th* Associated Prm By th* Associated Press leading the American League and they WIMBLEDON, England, July BIRMINGHAM, Mich., July 3. wound up in the cellar with 102 defeats 3.—Vic Seixas of Philadelphia —Sam Snead, the three-time overpowered Kurt Nielsen of for the year. : champion, lost only one as Copenhagen, Denmark, to win hole That was 45 years ago, but Clark Grif- he trounced 54-year-old Bennie fith the vividly. And : the All-England men’s tennis remembers season i|pgs| |||r j championship today in straight Adams of Altus, Okla., 6 and 5, bitterly, it might be added. Griffith opened reral sets, 9—7, 6—3. 6—4. in the first round of the PGA the 1908 campaign as manager and closed This was the sixth Wimbledon championship today. it unemployed. In fact, he got the hook singles victory for an American Lanky of ended. player in the last Dave Douglas New- long before the season seven years. ark. Del., knocked out Lew Wor- ¦ The 29-year-old cap- “We had a pretty good ball club at the hHRF|9 Seixas, sham of Oakmont, Pa., the 1947 Griff was recalling today. “There tain of the United States Davis National champion, the start.” ||||||MhL. jBB Cup Open on Were like Hal | team in 1952. had never won 20th hole. Douglas sank 10- fellows Chase, Willie Keeler, MHHHplilMi major tennis title a a before. He putt a on the Jack Chesbro, Wid Conroy and Jimmy Wil- came in 1951, foot for birdie 3 ... Francis close but lost in , , Stans liams. We were on top and then we ran second extra hole to win the the American finals at Forest right to oppose Snead in the into a little trouble in the West. Hills. N. Y., to Frank Sedgman second round this afternoon. “Frank Farrell, a gambler, was owner of the Highlanders of Australia. Worsham, formerly of Wash- (Yankees) in partnership with Big Bill Devery, who was chief | The Center Court at Wimble- ington. was leading 2 up after don was jammed to capacity for of police. Farrell was a bad man to work for ... a second- ' seven holes and still was 2 up 13,000 guesser. He got and met the team in Philadelphia. | the match, with sitting through the 11th. He missed his panicky another 3.000 standing under We had hot words and I resigned.” | and big chance on the 18th when his some ! dull skies with a damp wind shot went into the creek *** * brassie blowing across the courts. in front of the green. He took RESIGNED OR WAS FIRED, it makes no matter. The Starts Fast. a six and Douglas, who had Seixas PALMER MADE IT, LITTLE DlDN’T—Johnny Painter (right) smiled happily as he signed his scorecard after yesterday’s quali- very birdied the 12th to get back into Yankees weren’t anywhere close to last place at the time Seixas started fast and fying round for the PGA championship at Birmingham, Mich., but Lawson Little (at left) had less reason to be happy. Reason up sharp j the running, got down in a but, as Griff puts it, “they didn’t take long to get there. ran a 4-to-l lead with for Palmer’s is 134 score, winning the qua lifying medal and the $250 that goes with it. It was things such play before the 22-year-old smile his record-tying j birdie 4. 15 at | net score 73-78—151 and kept him from qualifying. —AP Wirephotos. “By July they were the bottom,” he recalls. “Hal Dane steadied and pulled up as this bush which made Little’s Douglas had an even par Chase ... all those ball players were friends of mine. Chase to 4-4. medal score for 20 holes. up and went was so disgusted with Farrell that he packed After Nielsen made it 7-7 with Bucky Harris Playing Hunch ' Cooper Eliminates Harbert. The others just went through the motions. home to California. two aces. Seixas won his service Awed Bookmakers • Peter Cooper of White Plains. love with three perfect scoring Indians Lose Ground “Farrell wanted to make Keeler his manager. A sports at N. Y„ eliminated another of the shots that the Dane didn't even writer tipped off Keeler and Willie went into hiding for a favorites, slugging Chick Harbert try to retrieve. Nats to Start Rookie Lane few days. When Farrell couldn't find Keeler, he made Kid As Yankees' Slump Place Hogan at 7-4 of Detroit, 3 and 2. Harbert had Seixas outmaneuvered Nielsen been PGA runnerup on two oc- Elberfield his new manager.” on the to climb to 15-40 Dane’s Against Yankees Here Sunday casions. Griffith hasn't felt friendly to the Yankees since. Com- serve. Then Nielsen shot across Open Snead played the first nine pull Ends on Mize's Hit In British Odds ended, acidly; another ace to up to 30-40. By Burton Hawkins par figures lead, menting on their tailspm just before it he said By th* Associated Press holes in exact to | After a long exchange, however, By th* Associated Press Star Staff Correspondent He then “I hope it never stops. As far as I'm concerned, it can be CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, July 3 up, at the turn. Nielsen missed the sidelines on Now that the Yankees have BOSTON. July 3. Bucky * knocked in birdies on two of the 1908 all over again.” deep Jh Hk *k |Hk legal bookmakers, a backhand return of a finally quit losing, maybe the Harris, playing a hunch, will 3.—Britain's next four holes to end the match, ** * * drive and the Philadelphian won give Jerry Lane, pitcher 6,465-yard Bir- i Cleveland Indians will go back rookie awed by Ben Hogan in his first i Par for the insisted I the set. 9—7. en route to join the Nats from Country Club is THE OLD GENTLEMAN has all along that the playing bid for the British Open golf mingham course | The first two games of the sec- to better baseball. their Chattanooga farm club, a Yankees weren’t as good as they were cracked up to be. He although championship, made the little 36-35—71. -1 ond set went by service, Instead of concentrating on starting assignment against the The long-hitting West Vir- said so in Florida, during spring training. He repeated it at Nielsen had fight hard to hold Texan their betting favorite to- to their own business, the Indians champion Yankees in the Sun- ' ginian holed an 8-foot putt on a time when the Yankees were reeling off those 18 straight his service the American be- as week have been going day double-header at Griffith day at the fantastic odds of only the 10th for a birdie 3, knocked a race. ! dominate play. Seixas this i victories and making shambles of the gan to Stadium. 7 to 4. his approach dead to the pin for Baltimore, then through and up through their paces with one eye “I told a newspaperman, a friend of mine in broke ran The Nats, hoping move up to A few of the canny Scottish another on the 12th, and closed grabbed the sec- scoreboard see how to that in due time the Yankees would come back to the rest a 3-1 lead, then on the to fourth place at the expense of odd-layers who have watched the out the match with a par 4 on ond 6—3. much ground they were gaining champion warm-up of the clubs,” he said. “He pointed my statement. I can set, the Red Sox, open a three-game American in the 13th. Dane Ahead Only Once. on the “fading” New Yorkers. Spec rounds for the week-long grind, only hole Adams won was prove it. Here’s the clipping. It’s dated June 8. have lost two series here tonight, with The The Dane won the first game As a result, they Shea going after his seventh vic- starting Monday, would offer no the 310-yard sixth, where he are not a bad ball club, make no mistake, but set, time in a row to the tail-end Detroit ' “They of the third the only tory and a possible bid to the better than 6 to 4. dropped a 6-foot putt for a birdie they in front by a games you could the match, but Tigers. They have a chance to This is the saying even when were out dozen he was ahead in All-Star Game. Walter Master- ! same as as Sam miss a 7-footer. make immediate amends since 3 tell they didn’t belong with some of those old Yankee teams. Seixas evened things with a son and Tommy Byrne or Sonny they’d rather not bet against they go home tonight to face the Tops Barbaro. their pinch-hitters beautiful volley. After two Dixon will oppose the Red Sox him. Burkemo They were getting amazing results from usually docile Detroiters in three Nielsen’s - of Franklin. those pinch-hitters were over their heads. deuces. Seixas broke in tomorrows double header The way Hogan has dominat- Walter Burkemo and, by sin, service and then ran his lead to more games. ed pre-tournament speculation Mich., runnerup to Snead in the on, “they were getting the I here. “Another thing.” Griff went ; 4—2, making few errors. The Yanks broke their nine- —Star BtaH Photo. was further reflected in the odds PGA, won by a 7-and-5 “Bob Porterfield will pitch one 1951 breaks on close decisions. Those fellows cry a lot to umpires steadied win the game victory drought by nosing of 5 1 generally available margin Lou Barbaro, of Nielsen to of the games against the Yankees JERRY LANE. to j from and get away with it. I’ve seen a lot of crying Yankee teams, next game, but Seixas was out the Red Sox, 5-3, in 10 in- against Bobby Locke. N. J. Sunday,” Harris said, “and I’m Deal. but this one beats ’em all.” readying for the kill. He went nings in Boston yesteiday. Cleve- reno and Bob Oldis in order to Won Title Three Times. 1 But some of the other favor- going to gamble on Lane in the bring ** * * ahead. 3—o, when Nielsen netted land lost, 4-2, in Detroit and up fresh faces. Yet the south African has won ! ites were having trouble in their other game. If Lane is shaky, and then drove an easy smash slipped six full games behind Rained out last night when a this title three times and is, in opening matches. Defending IT NOTION, shared by many, that Phil 1 11 have Chico Marrero ready to IS GRIFFITH'S outside. Seixas took the game the world champions. quick shower gave the Athletics fact, the defending titleholder., champion Jim Turnesa of Briar- a to step in.” Rizzuto is the man who makes the Yankees tough club by ruling the court from.the net White Sox Resting. an excuse to rest their injury- Roberto de Vicenzo, the Ar- cliff. N. Y., had to scramble to man,” the Old Fox says. “When and led, Harris admits he's taking a riddled team. The Nats will take up. beat. “He’s their No. 1 key on the next points White Sox, who gentine star, was on offer at lead Max Evans of Detroit. 1 The Chicago risk by using Lane against the a two-game winning streak into 1. put he’s right, physically, they're tough. But he isn’t right. 5 and today off. also 8 to after three holes. Turnesa Nielsen held his service to pull had yesterday Yankees but it s a calculated action in Boston, where they Lloyd Mangrum, former w'ithin 2 feet of the . . he isn’t in best United his tee shot Mantle is another key man . and the of back just two playing very cau- are six gsfmes and one. “I've noticed the Yankees have split four games. third for a up to 4—5, points behind the States Open champion, was cup on the 175-yard shape. tiously. percentage seem to have trouble with pitch- Shea has faced the Red Sox priced at 9 to 1 and Frank Stran- he had been in Indians. birdie two, after “Their other key man is Yogi Berra. If Rizzuto and Seixas took the first point of ers they’re not familiar with,” only once this season and ahan, topnotch amateur from rough with his drives off the the the are not in top shape, and if anything happens to the 10th game when Nielsen In the National League, Bucky said. “We’ve given them blanked them. 4-0, on nine hits. Toledo, Ohio, was quoted at 20 tees. Mantle sure first two be ball club at all.” netted an easy return. The Brooklyn Dodgers made a hard time in spring exhibition Although the Nats are 12Vi to 1. Medalist Johnny Palmer of Berra, they’d no will be in first place Dane overdrove the second that they games with rookies, and I have games back of the Yankees, Har- The betting men were deeply Baden, N. C., who tied the PG£ gaffer likes the pennant chances of the Chicago morning of The old point, netted the third and the on the of the Fourth a hunch Lane might stop them.” ris hasn’t abandoned hope of impressed by Hogan’s reputation qualifying round yesterday, was White Sox. “I wouldn't rate the Sox over the Yankees,” final Seixas service. Seixas won July, traditional halfway mark Lane won 11 games and moving into contention. “If even arrived on the to Grout of Dodg- lost before he two down Jack Griff qualifies, “because the Yankees still are on top and . . . the game at love, the set, 6—4 in the pennant races. The 10 with the Lookouts and doesn’t Jackie Jensen, Clyde Vollmer scene. The way he took this Ohio, the Philadelphia, 8-0. Columbus. after first well, they’ve got a few more pitchers But for my money the and the match 9—7, 6—3, 6—4. ers defeated impress Harris as the sort likely and Mickey Vernon could get tough course apart with a 69 on three holes. But he got one back and second-place Milwaukee White Sox are more of they’ve got than the The Duchess of Kent pre- to be afflicted with unsteady hot together, I think we’d climb his first practice round was the on the fifth when Grout, trying getting out what skidded game and a half be- Bucky .” sented the challenge cup to a knees at the prospect of making a bit,” said, “but we need clincher as far as they were con- some the end Yankees. If they were just a little deeper in pitching . . Cincinnati, 3-1. to hit over trees at Seixas in the center court. hind by losing to his first major league start under them hitting together to be a cerned. of dog-leg. drove into the League clubs a “You could, perhaps, win the pennant for the White Sox,” American Girls Win. The other National pressure. dangerous club.” Hogan’s Two Obstacles. which winds through the scheduled. brook he w'as reminded in light vein. “Why not let them have Before the singles finals got weren’t “I saw quite a bit of him in The few experts who think course. Shea and Porterfield?” under way, Doris Hart and Johnny Mize hammered the exhibition games last year,” Har- Hogan can be beaten cite two ! Some of the other first-round Shirley Fry, America’s top hit that broke the Yankee slump ris said, “and I Griff snorted. “In this business,” he said, “you don't liked his de- Probable Pitchers possible obstacles to his march doubles team, routed the British Pinch-hitting in the 10th with termination.” By th* Astociated Press to the title; His legs (See PGA, Page A-ll.) away battered give anything. The White Sox aren’t giving me Minoso. combination of Helen Fletcher two out and Yogi Berra on third Early today, however, the exact (Won and lost records in parentheses. 1 which may have trouble carrying pitch AMERICAN LEAGI'E. The Cardinals aren’t giving Musial to Brooklyn. And I'm not ' and Mrs. Jean Rinkel, 6—o, base. Mize drove a 3-2 from whereabouts of Lane, Catcher Washington at Boston might)—Shea him over these long, rolling fair- giving anybody ahybody.” 60, gain finals Sid left field Frank Sacka and Infielder Jerry <6-li vs. Nixon (4-2). ways, Scottish to to the in Hudson into center Philadelphia at New York—Shantz and the seaside i Smart Place to Dine— i doubles play. for a double. Snyder was unknown to Harris. (3-5) vs. Ford (K-2). winds which often turn Carnous- imagine Detroit at Cleveland (night)—Hoeft Miss Hart of Coral Gables, First base was open at the “I the Chattanooga (6-41 vs Wynn (7-5). tie into a golfer’s purgatory. officials Only games scheduled. legs | SfUiiU'PfUcuf | Fla., and Miss Fry, whose home time, but Lou Boudreau, Red Sox were forced to wait un- NATIONAL LEAGUE. Hogan, whose were is in Akron, Ohio, are seeking manager, gambled on pitching til the players we released ar- New York at Philadelphia—Jansen smashed in a near fatal automo- ¦ RESTAURANTS 5 to Oppose Dancer in Dwyer (T-fii vs. Konstanty